Even in such a situation, Amos maintained a calm outlook.
He quickly grabbed Eudora's hand.
"Go quickly," he said.
Next to Amos, a timer was flickering with red light. It was counting down with only about 50 seconds left.
Eudora swiftly reached out to support him, saying, "I'll help you out of this!"
She stretched out her hand to undo the ropes on Amos's body as she spoke.
He grabbed her hand and said, "It's too late. Wesley, get Eudora out of here."
He knew that there was no way for him to leave. Mark was out for revenge. Initially, as he was watching the time run out, he had refused to make a sound. He thought that Eudora would leave if she could not find him.
However, who would have thought?
His wife was as stubborn as ever. He was sure that if he had not made a sound, she might continue searching for him.
Hence, he had deliberately made a sound.
He had wanted to guide her to the room next door, but he had underestimated her.
This woman had become smart this time, and she had returned in less than a minute.
Left with no choice, Amos quickly turned to Wesley.
"Aren't you going to take her away?"
Hearing this, Wesley grabbed Eudora by her arm and said, "Madam, let me bring you out first!"
"I'm not leaving!" She shook her head and continued, "Amos hasn't come out yet. How could I leave?"
As she was saying so, she hurried to try and undo the ropes on Amos's body. However, how could she do so?
The ropes were bound tightly. She even tried using her teeth but to no avail.
Behind her, Wesley suggested in a whisper, "Madam, please go and get the tools."
That's right! She had panicked to the point of confusion. Weren't there tools outside? She turned and ran outside to get them, but Amos had seen the countdown on the timer. There were only ten seconds left.
After giving a thoughtful look at Wesley, Amos lowered his voice.
He said, "Back when this room had been built, it was used to store very important documents, so it has been very well designed to be fireproof, bulletproof, and explosionproof. Quickly get out of here, close the door behind you, and take Eudora away from here..."
Wesley's body shook, "Sir."
Amos continued, "Are you not going to listen to me anymore? I've always known your feelings towards her. I believe that you can take good care of her!"
"I..." Wesley looked at him in shock.
He always thought that he had maintained calm enough. He had not expected Charlie, and even Mr. Granger, to see through him!
However, Amos had never shown it at all.
"No, Sir...Only you can take care of Madam. In fact, Madam only wishes for you to take care of her!"
As he said that, he desperately continued to undo the ropes binding Amos.
Tick, tick, tick...
Amos watched as the seconds went down. Three, two, one...
Suddenly, he yelled, "Eudora!"
BOOM!!!
A huge explosion sounded. Eudora, who had been running back with the toolbox, was blown away by the explosive force.
The tools in her hands clattered to the ground. Hysterically, she cried out, "Amos!!!"
In front of her, everything in the office had been knocked down by the impact of the explosion. Everything was in shambles.
Meanwhile, the door of the secret compartment which Amos was in had been blown wide open. A fire was raging inside. The room had absorbed 90% of the bomb's destructive force.
Even so, the explosion had caused a huge crack in the wall of the building. It was extremely dangerous.
Behind her, Clint had already climbed upstairs and grabbed Eudora upon seeing the scene.
"Madam, what happened?" he asked.
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